---
name: "Aven Initiate"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Bird Warrior"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Embalm"]
set: "AKH"
set_name: "Amonkhet"
collector_number: "43"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jakub Kasper"
oracle_id: "c872012d-b598-4076-8385-2e3771c0306f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aven-initiate-akh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Aven Initiate
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Bird Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Flying, Embalm

## Oracle Text
Flying
Embalm {6}{U} ({6}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Bird Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Aven Wind Guide](/printing/aven-wind-guide-akh.md) — Creature — Bird Warrior
2. [Oketra's Attendant](/printing/oketras-attendant-akr.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
3. [Aven Eternal](/printing/aven-eternal-war.md) — Creature — Zombie Bird Warrior
4. [Unwavering Initiate](/printing/unwavering-initiate-akh.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Aven Envoy](/printing/aven-envoy-lgn.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier
6. [Aven Fisher](/printing/aven-fisher-10e.md) — Creature — Bird Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Amonkhet (AKH) #43
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jakub Kasper
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`